Coffee-pot.



- M. PARSONS.

COFFEE POT. 7

APPLICATION IILBD JAHJB, 1911.

Patented Jan. 23, 1912. r

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MARY PARSONS, or MANHATTANQKANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23,1912.

Application filed January 16, 1911. Serial N 0. 602,898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY PARsoNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manhattan, in the county of Riley and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee-Pots, of whichthe following is. a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying draw ings.

This invention relates'to colfee and tea pots and more particularly tothat class which are provided with a movable strainer,

and has for its object to provide a coffee or tea pot having a straineryieldingly mounted therein that can be moved away from the spout toallow the same to be cleaned, and when the spout is cleaned the strainerwill automatically resume its normal position.

Another object is to provide a coffee or tea pot which will possessadvantages in points of efliciency, durability and is inexpensive ofmanufacture, and at the same time being simple in construction andoperation.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists inthe novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out inthe claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa sectional view of a coffee pot showing the strainer secured to theinside thereof; and Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 22 ofFig. l.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 represents the body of thecoffee or tea pot having an opening 2 formed therein and the spout 3arranged adjacent the open-, ing 2. A strainer 4 is yieldingly mountedonthe inner side of thebody and adapted to be held in a normally closedposition by means of a spring 10. This spring is a U-shaped wire, thebight portion 11 of which is secured, as by means 'of solder, as at 6,to the inner side of the pot below the'o-pening 2. The arms of thespring are provided, immediately above the bight portion,with

spring coils 5 and the ends of the arms bear 1 against the inner side ofand are securedto the sides of the strainer as at 7 The strainer issomewhat wider than the opening 2 so that its sides 8 overlap the sidesof the opening 2 and bear against the body of the spout. V, i

pot: The upper end of the strainer is provided with a bead 9 whichcorresponds with that at the upper edge of the wall of the body of thepot. The spring, bymeans'of its .doils keeps the strainer normally bear?1 mg against the wall of the pot and across the opening 2 so as to closethe inner end i of the spout, excepting for the perforations 1n thestrainer, and, moreover, the "coils of the spring also act as pivotalconnections between the pot and the strainer to enable the strainer tobe swung inwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.1 to uncover the,

inner end of the spout.

When it is desired to clean the spout- 3 the" strainer 4 is movedawayfrom the opening 2 toward the inside of thexpot, and after the cleaningoperation is over-the strainer when released will automatically resumeits normal position. The strainer 4 is made in such shape as to contourto the body ofthe pot so that it will fit snugly up against the same andnot allow anycoffee or tea grounds to get out through the spout.

Having thus described theinvention :what is claimed is: v U a A coffeeor tea pot having a spout andan opening in the wall of the pot at] theinner side of the spout, a strainer shaped to cover the said openlng andwider than thesame so that its sides are adapted to bear against thewall of the pot on opposite sides of said opening, and a U-shaped springcompris 'ing a sprlng wire having its bight secured to the wall of thepot below the said opening, its-arms bearing against the sides of andsecured at their upper ends to the said strainer and spring coils formedin the arms of the wireat-points'near the bight, said spring coilsacting to keep the strainer normally closed against the wall of the potand over the 1 opening and also acting as piv-- ots to. enable thestrainer to be turned inwardly and downwardly in thepot, to uncover theopening and afford access to the I f In testimony whereof I hereuntoaiiix my si gnature in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

B.W. SMITH, 'J. T. SMITH.

. MARY PARSONS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for "five cents each, nyaddressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

7 Washington, D. 0.

